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       SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE FRINGE EXTREMIST       GUIDING MILITARY POLICY FOR THE VASTLY INCOMPETENT WHISKEY       HEGSETH! Do you remember this guy? NPR just published a new interview with Pete Hegseth’s personal spiritual leader — the extremely fringe, right-wing pastor Doug Wilson. And this headline has all the alarm bells ringing:  Mainstream. That’s the word religion and history scholars are using to describe how Wilson’s teachings have moved from the fringes of our society to the mainstream, now that Donald Trump’s administration is filled with Christian nationalists. In case you need a refresher on who this guy is: He’s made disturbing and shameful claims defending slavery and saying it wasn’t that bad . He thinks we should criminalize homosexuality. He said God created women “to make the sandwiches” and that wives should submit to their husbands. And he believes the 19th Amendment should...

    Watch now   Saturday Afternoon News Updates — 3/7/26 Here’s where things stand this weekend. Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Mar 7   It’s Saturday afternoon. I hope your weekend is going well. Let me fill you in quickly on the latest updates because there is a lot happening right now. First, the United States’s war against Iran continues to spiral. One of the developments drawing serious concern involves a U.S. strike on a freshwater desalination facility on Qeshm Island in Iran. According to Iranian officials, the strike disrupted the water supply for roughly 30 villages. Iran’s foreign minister condemned the attack and warned that targeting water infrastructure could set a dangerous precedent. The concern here is obvious: desalination plants are critical across the Gulf. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and others depend on them for basic drinking water. If Iran retaliates against similar infrastructure in neig...